Banana

by Dan Koeppel

  * Officially, bananas that are sweet, like our Cavendish, are called “dessert bananas,” while bananas eaten green are called “cooking bananas.” In this book, we’ll consider them more or less interchangeable, since the genetic differences between them are limited.

  * A fourth African banana type is modern, brought to the continent within the last century or so.

  * While Chiquita had become the company’s brand name, officially it was still called United Fruit.